Valve structure and valve assembly



June 8, 1987. B PRATT ET L 2,083,088

VALVE STRUCTURE AND VALVE ASSEMBLY Filed-Sept. 9, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet l June 8, 1937. B. PRATT ET AL VALVE STRUCTURE AND VALVE ASSEMBLY Filed Sept. 9, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 66st paw/62 efZZ/zdz? j Patented June 193? UNITE 2,083,088 VALVE STRUCTURE AND VALVE ASSEMBLY Best Pratt and George F. Weinreich, Chicago, Illl, assignors to Brake Equipment & Supply 00., Chicago, 11]., a corporation of Illinois Application September 9, 1935, Serial No. 39,818

4 Claims.

The present invention relates to a valve structure and valve assembly for use with gas ranges. The principal objects of the invention are to provide a valve structure and assembly which will permit the flow of gas or other fiuid to be finely adjusted and which may be readily and economically manufactured and applied to various forms of gas ranges. Another important object of the invention is to provide a valve structure including a valve body having a pinrality of valve seats thereon, and which may be interchangeably used in various forms of valve assemblies.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the] following specification and drawings wherein Figure 1 is a front view of a valve assembly;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the assembly of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a side view of the Figure 1 assembly; Figure 4 is a front view of a modified valve assembly;

Figure 5 is a front view of a valve structure of our invention, the view being partly in section; Figure 6 is a sectional view on the line 6--6 of Figure 5;

Figure 7 is a front view of a valve element; Figure 8 is a fragmentary front view showing a form of stop arm for the valve operating shaft; and

Figure 9 is a sectional view taken on the line 99 of Figure 8.

The numeral l0 indicates a range gas supply pipe of the type which extends through the burner box of the range to a point adjacent its front .wall. Referring to Figures 1 to 3, a manifold element or yoke ll forming a part of our valve assembly is suitably connected to the front end of the gas supply pipe I0. As is best shown in Figure 1, the manifold element includes two upwardly and outwardly curved arms l2 provided with vertically disposed flanges l3. Valve body members It and I5 forming part of our valve structure are secured to the flanges l3, preferably by means of .bolts extending through apertures in the flanges and threaded into bores inthe contacting side faces Ma' and I5a, respectively, of the valve'body members.

An oven control valve indicated by the numeral I6 and of the type disclosed in our Valve structure application Serial No. 22,746, filled May 20, 1935, is connected to the manifold II to receive gas therefrom, the valve l6 being connected to the manifold by a tube ll threaded into the upper and central portion of the manifold.

Each valve body member l4 and I5 is provided with two cooperatingvalve elements generally indicated by the numeral l8 and including valve operating shafts I9. By the arrangement disv closed in Figures 1 to 3, wherein the valve bo y elements extend vertically with respect to the manifold element II, the four valves controlling the top burners of the range will be grouped substantially at the corners of a rectangle and the I oven control valve l6 will be centrally positioned with regard to the top burner valves. It will be understood that the ends of the valve operating stems I9, as well as the operating stem of the oven control valve,'will be provided with knobs or handles positioned thereon in front of the front cover plate of the range. The detailed construction of the valve body members l4 and I5 will be hereinafter described.

Referring to Figure 4, wherein a modified arrangement of the .valve body elements is illustrated, the structure disclosed therein includes a manifold element 25 formed of two arms 26 and 21 having their free ends curved upwardly and each provided with a horizontally arranged flange 28. Valve body elements It and I5 are secured'to these flanges by the same means as has been described above in connection with Figures 1 to 3, but the valve body elements extend horizontally in Figure 4 instead of vertically as in Figures l'to 3. By this arrangement, all of the valves of the range are in a substantially straight line, the oven control valve l5 being connected to the manifold 25 above its central portion so that it will be arranged substantially in the line of the other valves.

It will be understood that the oven control valve l6 need not be connected to the manifold elements of Figures 1 and 4.and that valves of other types than oven valves may be connected to the manifold element.

Figure 5 shows a valve body element in detail, the element illustrated being that indicated by the numeral l4 and which is connected to the right hand end of the Figure 1 assembly and to the left hand end of the Figure 4 assembly. The valve body element of the type indicated in Figures 1 to 4 by the numeral I5 is formed from the same casting as is type It, but, as will be hereinafter specifically described, is provided with a different flow passage arrangement. As is indicated in Figures 2, 3 and 5, the valve body is substantially of the form of a right-angled plate, including a. front or seat face on which valve seats are formed, and a side face including flat abutment faces Ma and Nb. Element I4 is provided with a longitudinally extending passage or bore 30 having a short transverse passage 3| communicating with one end thereof from the abutment face Ma and through which 5 gas may flow from the adjacent end of the manifold II when the element is assembled. As will be clear from Figure 5, the passages 30 and 3| may be drilled to intersect, the open end of passage 30 being then closed by a plug 32. It will be noted that the abutment face M11 is left blank.

A valve seat 33 of planar form is provided on the seat face of element I4 adjacent the abutment face He and a second valve seat 34 is provided at the opposite end thereof and opposite abutment face I4b. Both valve seats are of planar form, lie in the same plane and include supply ports 35 and 36 respectively opening thereto from the longitudinal passage 30. Each valve seat also includes a socket 31 centrally positioned therein to receive the inner end of a valve operating shaft I9. An outlet passage 38 is also formed in each seat face, these passages extending in diametrically opposite directions from the centers of the valve seats with which they are respectively associated, preferably parallel with the passage 30, and being drilled, the outer ends of the passages then being closed by plugs 40. The outlet passages 38 communicate with the valve seats through ports 4| and, in the present embodiment of our invention, extend to a point in alignment and behind the operating shaft socket 31, where they open to an axial port 42 which is threaded to receive a nipple 43 through which the gas may flow to a Venturi tube.

3 A valve element 50 of disk form is positioned upon each seat face 33 and 34, this element being provided with an arcuate groove 5| having rounded ends, a shorter and shallower tapered groove 52 extending from one end of groove BI.

The construction of the valve element and its relation to the supply and outlet ports of the valve seat is shown in Figure 7 and in dotted lines in Figure 5 and is the same as described in our patent for Rotary disk valve No. 2,061,716, issued 45 November 24, 1936, and may be sufficiently described for the purposes of the present application,as follows:-

The supply port and outlet ports of each valve seat are substantially 90 apart, and the valve element passage or groove 5| is of a length to bridge the valve seat ports when the valve element 50 is in position for full flow. 0n valve seat 34 in closed position, the end of the passage 5| having the tapered passage 52 extending there- 55 from is opposite the supply port and clockwise rotation of the valve element will cause the tapered passage 52 to move opposite the outlet passage to permit of a reduced fiow to the burner. If rotation of the valve element 50 is continued, a

full flow will be had. It will be noted that the operation of the valve element on valve seat 33 is the same as that on seat 34 except that it would be rotated in a counter-clockwise direction from closed to open position.

The valve body element I 5 is identical with the element I4 illustrated except that the longitudinal supply passage 30 would be drilled into the same from the end indicated by the letter A and that end would then be closed by a plug such as 32. Also, in the element I5, the transverse passage 3I would be drilled in at point B, in the abutment face I5b, abutment face I5a being left blank. It will thus be obvious that the element I5will be formed so that its supply end may be attached to the left hand end of the Figure 1 assembly and the right hand end of the Figure 4 assembly.

Each valve seat of each of the elements I4 and l5 has a front plate 60 secured opposite the same,

the front plate 60 being circular in form and including inwardly extending ears 6| having their ends turned outwardly as indicated at 62 so that screws may be passed through the same to secure the plates to the valve body elements. Each plate 60 is provided with a central aperture 53 through which the outer end of the corresponding valve operating shaft l9 extends. The inner end of the valve operating shaft is positioned in the socket 31' and the shaft is provided with a key 44 arranged to extend into a key-way 65 in the valve element 50 controlled by the shaft. A spring 48 about the valve shaft I 9 has its inner end bearing in a countersink in the outer face of the valve element 50 and its outer end bearing upon a stop.

arm 61 to hold the latter against an annular shoulder 68 formed integral with the valve shaft. The spring thereby holds the valve shaft outwardly with its shoulder 68 against the inner surface of plate 60 and holds the valve element III in contact with the valve seat of the valve body. As best shown in Figures 6 and 1, the stop arm 31 is provided with struck-out tangs I0 which extend into notches II in the shoulder 68 to key the stop arm to the valve shaft. The opposed surfaces of the struck-out tangs III are so formed that they will closely contact with the inner surface of the notches II, with the result that the stop arm 61 will not tilt with respect to the valve shaft I9. Pins I2 extend inwardly from the plate 60 to serve as stops as indicated in Figure 1, thereby limiting the rotation of the valve shaft and valve element between closed and fully opened positions of the valve element.

In Figures 8 and 9, a modified form of stop arm and cooperating plate is shown, wherein the stop arm 15 is provided at its free end with a block I6 having a hemispherical projection 11 on its outer face. The stop arm cooperates with a stop pin 18 fixed to the inner face of plate I3 and with a stop member adjustably secured in an arcuate slot 8| in the plate by means of a screw II, this arrangement permitting the turning movement of the stop arm I5 to be adjusted. A large aperture 83 is provided in the plate 19 opposite the point at which arm I5 will be positioned when the valve is in closed position, the block I6 being then positioned in the aperture to so look the valve element in closed position that it may only be moved toward open position after inward movement of valve shaft I9 and stop arm Ii against the action of the spring 66. Inward,

movement of the shaft will be possible because, as shown in Figure 9, its inner end is not ordinarily in contact with the inner end of the bore 31 in a valve seat. The close fit of the tangs II in the slots II of valve shaft shoulder 68 will .,cause the stop arm to move straight back with the shaft and without tilting.

The plate 19 may be provided with one or more additional apertures 85 spaced in the path of movement of block I6, but these apertures are only large enough to receive the hemispherical projection 11 and will merely cause a choking sound to be made by the stop arm when the valve is in the position intended to be indicated by an aperture 85.

It will be observed that the assembly of the valve shaft l9 between the plate 60 or I3 and the valve body will permit the valves to readily removed for cleaning.

It will also be appreciated that the valve assemblies of the present invention provide a structure whereby gas range valves may be securely supported in proper position with a minimum amount of piping. Furthermore, thevalve bodies It and I may each be formed from identical castings, and are interchangeable for use upon different types of manifold elements.

It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the details of construction shown in the drawings and described in the specification and that the example of the use of the device which has been given does not include all of the uses of which the device is capable; also, that the phraseology employed in the specification is for the purpose of description and not of limitation.

We claim:

1. As an article of manufacture, a gas range valvebcdy having two exterior walls at right angles to each other, one of the walls being provided with valve seats and the other wall being adapted to abut against the end of. a gas sup-v ply pipe to which the valve body is connected, there being a supply passage in the valve body adapted to communicate with the as supplypipe and communicating with the va ve seats, and outlet passages each communicating with a valve seat and adapted to be connected to a burner.

2. As an article of manufacture, a gas range valve body having two exterior walls at right angles to each other, one of the walls being provided with valve seats and the other well being adapted to abut against the end of a gas supply pipe to which the valve body is connected, there being a supply passage in the valve body adapted to communicate with the gas supply pipe and communicating with the valve seats, and outlet passages each communicating with a valve seat and adapted to be connected to a burner, and outlet fittings extending at right angles to the wall bearing the seat faces.

3. As an article of manufacture, a gas range valve body having two exterior walls at right angles to each other, one of the walls being provided with valve seats,'there being a supply passage in the body communicating with each valve seat, the other wall being provided with faces adapted to be selectively drilled to connect the supply passage to a supply conduit.

4. A valve assembly for gas ranges comprising a manifold element adaptedto be connected to a gas supply pipe, the manifold element having laterally extending arms,-valve structures carried by the arms, the valve structures each being provided with a plurality of valve seats and a supply passage communicating with the manifold element and with each valve seat, there being outlet passages extending from each valve seat,

and a valve element upon each seat to control the flow of gas therethrough.

BEST PRAT'I'. GEORGE F. WEINREICH. 

